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Latest Fact-Checks In Illinois

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Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference:
“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nick Karmia • October 31, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 an interview:
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
Tricia McLaughlin
Tricia McLaughlin
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X:
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
Tricia McLaughlin
Tricia McLaughlin
stated on October 12, 2025 an X post:
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 7, 2025 a TikTok post:
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
False
By Maria Briceño • September 8, 2025
Josh Schoemann
Josh Schoemann
stated on June 2, 2025 Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 25, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 a photo:
“A Coca-Cola truck filled with kids was found by police in Cicero, Illinois.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 18, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2024 social media posts:
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 una publicación en X:
“Un grupo de 32 venezolanos armados tomaron esta noche un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago”.
False
By Maria Briceño, Sofia Ahmed • September 9, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 X posts:
A group of 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • September 6, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 17, 2024 In X post on Aug. 17:
Photo shows “domestic Antifa are already gathering in Chicago, to create chaos during the Harris-Walz DNC.”
False
By Sabine Martin • August 21, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 19, 2024 an X post:
Democrats dyed the “Chicago River red to celebrate abortion.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 20, 2024
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on December 12, 2023 X, formerly Twitter:
In the past year, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois passed "highly popular” policies such as paid family leave, one of several issues that have been stymied in Wisconsin by Republicans.
Half-True
By Sophia Voight • January 30, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2023 a Facebook post:
A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2023 a post:
"Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 11, 2023
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on March 26, 2023 an interview on CNN:
Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 a House committee hearing:
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • February 3, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2022 Instagram post:
‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.
False
By Michael Majchrowicz • November 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 9, 2022 a Facebook post:
Under new Illinois law, these crimes are “nondetainable": “Burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, DUI offenses, even DUI involving a fatality, most drug offenses, and even 2nd degree murder.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2022 a Facebook post:
Rep. Adam Kinzinger “admits Trump won” the 2020 presidential election.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 17, 2022
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